Otros angioedemas

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Angioedema without urticaria

novel findings which must be measured in clinical setting

Veronez, Camila Lopes^a,b; Grumach, Anete Sevciovic^c

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Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology:February 18, 2020 - Volume Publish Ahead of Print - Issue - 

doi: 10.1097/ACI.0000000000000633

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Abstract

Purpose of review 

Angioedema without urticaria is composed of an increasing subtype's variety and presents a challenging diagnosis. This review summarizes the subtypes recently described and subsequent new findings helpful within their classification.

Recent findings 

New methods to measure cleaved high molecular weight kininogen and activated plasma kallikrein have emerged as potential biochemical tests to identify bradykinin-mediated angioedema. Three new subtypes of hereditary angioedema (HAE) with normal C1 inhibitor were described in the past two years: HAE due to mutation in plasminogen gene, in kininogen gene, and in angiopoietin-1 gene; implicating the fibrinolytic and contact systems, and the regulation of vasculature, respectively. The understanding of some mechanisms in angioedema has been improved, compatible to the dominant-negative for some C1 inhibitor variants; furthermore, the increased activation of truncated F12 mutants by plasma kallikrein; and the diminished binding of angiopoietin-1 to its receptor.

Summary 

The validation of biomarkers for the contact system activation could be beneficial in differentiating bradykinin – from histaminergic-mediated angioedema. Currently, the available laboratorial tests are still somewhat restricted to the evaluation of the complement activation and the mediators of nonhistaminergic and nonbradykinin-mediated angioedema remain to be identified.

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